Tours from Marrakech 3 Days - 2 Nights Desert Tour from Marrakech to Erg Chegaga

We will depart from your accommodation at 8:00 AM. We head towards Ouarzazate by crossing the highest mountain in North Africa, the Atlas Mountains. We pass the Tizi n’Tichka (2260 m) to reach the village of Ait Ben Haddou, the fortified old ksar with its beautiful Kasbahs. Ait Ben Haddou has served as a natural backdrop for many well-known films and TV series. After lunch in Ait Ben Haddou and visiting the kasbahs, we continue our journey through the village of Agdz and along the panoramic Draa Valley with lush palm groves to Zagora. Before reaching Zagora, we will make several stops along the way for photos and to visit a beautiful Kasbah known as Kasbah Oulad Othmane. Later, we continue along the Draa Valley one of the largest palm oases in Morocco, and arrive in Zagora, a desert-like city where the ruins of the Almoravid fortress can be seen to this day. You will spend your first night in a regional typical accommodation in the middle of the palm oasis.

After breakfast, we head for a short stroll in the oasis before heading southerly and passing the old town of Tamegroute. In this little village, you will visit one of the oldest libraries in Morocco where some ancient books and scripts can be found (Zawiya of Nasiriyya). The surrounding is dotted with palm trees and tamarisk trees. Along the way, you can visit one of the workshops around Tamegroute that bake stylish green pottery in an old-fashioned method. Later, we continue our journey to the desert village of M’hamed. We will then cross a huge plateau where you will surely be impressed by the wide and huge sand dunes of Chigaga dotted with wild plants and trees. Here we will take a camel ride at sunset and enjoy the most fantastic views before reaching our nomad camp. Prepare for a special evening and enjoy the music of the local nomads by the campfire and the full clear starry sky. If the wheater permits it, you can sleep under millions of stars if you wish as it is safe.

After breakfast at your desert camp and enjoying the sunrise, we will drive from Erg Chegaga along sand dunes in a fascinating wilderness, also along the natural dried-up lake of Iriki. This lake was once full of water and was home to several species of birds.After a long drive on a desert plateau that was once the rally Dakar route, we come to the paved road and pass the small oasis village of Foum-Zguid, a quiet Berber town, where we take a short break for a Moroccan tea.On the way, we stop in Taznakht, a former trading center of this great region. This small Berber village is known for the cultivation of saffron and the largest woven carpets in an ancient way. From there we will drive for almost 90 km, through different landscapes, oases, and many traditional Berber villages to reach the intersection between Marrakech and Ouarzazate. We cross the High Atlas Mountains again to Marrakech and bring you to your accommodation or the airport.